The Right School for You
By Jennifer A. Dixon
Find the fit, focus, flexibility, and funding to launch your library career.

Wayne State to Offer Experimental School Librarian Certification Program
By April Witteveen
Created to address Michigan’s low literacy rates, Wayne State University’s School of Information Sciences, Detroit, is launching an experimental program for spring/summer 2019 aimed at increasing the number of professional school librarians in the state.

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Find the Balance Between Art & Science in Managing Collections

Effectively managing and optimizing today’s collections is not easy. Learn how to evolve from collection development to collection management, employ best practices for increasing circulation, and prevent risk associated with making assumptions about patron needs and preferences.

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All About the Brand | Best Magazines 2018
By Peter Koonz
With magazines going online-only, some publishers are emphasizing the brand rather than the print product. Nonetheless, new journals continued to debut in that format in 2018.

Julius C. Jefferson Jr. Elected ALA President (2020–2021); Maggie Farrell Elected ALA Treasurer (2019–2022)
Filed by Gary Price
Julius C. Jefferson Jr., section head of the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress, is now president-elect of the American Library Association. Maggie Farrell, dean of university libraries at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has been elected treasurer.

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DRM-Free e-Books Are Now Available. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal

Since e-books first emerged as a way for readers to consume content digitally, publishers and authors have required content aggregators to apply Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology to the e-books they sell to libraries to prevent the unauthorized use, copying, and redistribution of these materials.

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Supporting Home Workers | Blatant Berry
By John N. Berry III
The demand for public spaces has only become more acute as digital technology enables everyone to fill their needs individually and privately online.

SLJ's Kathy Ishizuka Named One of Folio's 2019 Top Women in Media
By SLJ
Ishizuka was honored in the Change-makers category for "women who’ve successfully altered the course of their brands or the industry for the better."

LJ's 2019 Academic Library Collections Survey Report
By LJ Research
The librarian’s point of view on the need for varied content types.

Run Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets, & Titles Making News | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
Redemption by David Baldacci leads holds this week but Sally Rooney wins the buzz contest hands down. Game of Thrones wins too, and there is a teaser out for episode 2.

Kweli Conference: A Celebration of Community, Honest Assessment of Publishing, and Clarion Call
By Ashleigh Williams
Kweli's Fourth Annual Color of Children's Literature Conference had a powerful lineup of speakers and panelists including Jacqueline Woodson, Rudine Sims Bishop, Emily X.R. Pan, Samira Ahmed, and Ibi Zoboi.

White's Pick of the Month, Berry's Breakout Debut, Plus Burke, Carter, Dow, Dugoni, and Many More | Mystery & Suspense
By LJ Reviews
White delivers an intense page-turner that never lets up; newcomer Berry turns in well-written, intriguing debut mystery that combines history, an unforgettable setting, and mature, relatable characters; Boyle’s fiction rises above the stereotypes of urban noir.

Where Do Younger Teen Readers Fit In?
By Karen Jensen
Have you found yourself wondering if YA is truly for teen readers anymore? Join us for this ongoing conversation as we wonder where younger teen readers fit in to the current YA publishing market.

New Bestsellers | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
There are eight new bestsellers this week. The New York Times' romance column returns. N.K. Jemisin talks about Green Lantern. The new Guggenheim Fellows are named.

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WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA

In fiction, Jack Campbell's Triumphant, book three in the "Genesis Fleet" series, features Campbell's "sure hand with military sf balanced with political intrigue and heroic protagonists ready to spring into action. His fans will be thrilled, and readers of John Ringo and David Weber should find a lot to like here." In nonfiction, Jack Fairweather's The Volunteer: One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission To Destroy Auschwitz, is "most appropriate for war or military history readers, but [also] an important story of the Holocaust that deserves to be heard." MacDoodle St., by Mark Alan Stamaty, is this week's starred graphic novel. "Readers looking for an extremely funny metacomic will enjoy this work immensely, as will those wanting a taste of 1970s New York City. The addendum is a fascinating, personal portrait of the life of a creative artist." And in e-originals, Cat Sebastian's A Duke in Disguise, the second title in the "Regency Imposters" series, is "recommended for readers of Regency romance, particularly those who love their heroines in nontraditional roles."

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